11 Facts About Tony Lock

Graham Anthony Richard Lock was an English cricketer, who played primarily as a left-arm spinner.

Tony Lock played in 49 Test matches for England taking 174 wickets.

Tony Lock took 2,844 first-class wickets, placing him ninth on the all-time list, and is the only player to score more than 10,000 runs without once making a century; despite passing fifty on 27 occasions, his highest score was 89, made in a Test in Guyana.

Tony Lock made his England debut in the third Test against India in 1952, and played the fourth and fifth Tests against Australia the following summer; he had in fact been picked for the first game, but had worn his spinning finger raw after being named in the team and had had to withdraw while it healed.

However, England regained the Ashes and for his efforts Tony Lock was named one of Wisden Cricketers of the Year in the 1954 edition of Wisden's Almanack.

Tony Lock moved to Leicestershire in 1965, and was made captain for the following two seasons, taking the club to second place in the County Championship in 1967.

Tony Lock was the last man called up to play for England who was not playing for a first-class county.

Tony Lock's remaining playing career was spent entirely with Western Australia, and fittingly his last first-class wicket was that of an Australian Test player, Paul Sheahan.

Tony Lock married Audrey May Sage in September 1949.

Tony Lock asked for a permanent stay on the grounds he was dying of lung cancer with several doctors confirming he would be dead within two years.

Tony Lock died from cancer in his adopted home town of Perth at the age of 65.